Monthly Archives: June 2010

Sunbelt Social Networks Conference 2010 – Riva Del Garda

Next week Mike and I will be in Italy for Sunbelt 2010 in Riva Del Garda.  Sunbelt features scholars from across the social and physical sciences — Mathematical Sociology, Political Science, Economics, Organization Studies as well as Physics and Applied … Continue reading

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John Underkoffler Points to the Future of UI [ Ted 2010 ]

“When Tom Cruise put on his data glove and started whooshing through video clips of future crimes, how many of us felt the stirrings of geek lust? This iconic scene in Minority Report marked a change in popular thinking about interfaces … Continue reading

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The IBM Watson Supercomputer – Artificial Intelligence Confronts Jeopardy – With Many Other Potential Applications

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Claude Shannon – Father of Information Theory

This summer in the Complex Systems Advanced Academic Workshop we are devoting attention to information theory.  In collecting some materials about Claude Shannon, I came across the above video and thought I would share it with others.  Here is the … Continue reading

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Drilling the Relief Wells [CNN Infographic]

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Where Americans are Moving [Via Forbes.com]

Jon Bruner from Forbes has created a really fun interface.  Above I have highlighted Washtenaw County, MI (Ann Arbor and my home)); Travis County, TX (Austin); Washington, D.C.  Click above and explore! {HT: Flowing Data}

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Computational World Cup

The Financial Times’s Alphaville blog recently covered a number of quantitative models for predicting World Cup outcomes – models developed by well-known “quant” desks.  Though this may seem like a waste of brains and shareholder value, World Cup outcomes are … Continue reading

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Cyber War [60 Minutes on CBS]

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Roundup of Coverage: Alvin Greene and the South Carolina Senate Primary

This is a bit far afield for the typical things we highlight on this blog.  However, we thought this was an interesting story.  Both Tom Schaller (538.com) and John Sides (The Monkey Cage) offer good initial analysis of the outcome. … Continue reading

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Interactive World Cup 2010 Calendar [Via Marca.com]

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Brian Cox: Why We Need the Explorers

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